Posted by Captain Slick on 09/07/05 00:28

maggie_g47@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I get the following error when trying to play a DVD movie with
> PowerDVD:
> Error Code F4D41436
> The TV Out port of your display card is not working properly.
> (Detailed) This copy protected disc can not be played when the TV out
> function is enabled.
>
> RealPlayer said it can't play the DVD and suggested changing the screen
> resolution, shutting down other programs, and reinstalling the video
> drivers.
>
> interActual 2.0 Player gave the following error: Error PL4007:
> InterActual Player is unable to initialize your DVD decoder for
> playback.
>
> I had no problem playing DVDs just a few days ago. I've played dozens
> and never had a single problem.
>
> I searched Google and found page after page of people asking how to fix
> this, with no really good answers. Some people suggested going to a
> specific site if they had an ATI or other specific brand of video card
> to get an OLDER copy of the driver. On my computer the video card is
> part of the mother board. THERE IS NO S-VIDEO OR OTHER TYPE OF TV OUT
> PORT. Windows says the video adaper is: SIS 630/730, and the driver is
> SIS630M.DRV (SIS630M.VXD, VMM32.VXD listed below that). Another person
> said to install DVDIdle. I did that, and still got exactly the same
> error message.
>
> [This is the history. DVDs used to play okay. All of them (dozens).
> Yesterday the computer didn't acknowledge I had put a DVD in the drive.
> Different software would not read the disk. I could not list any files
> on the DVD by right clicking the drive icon and selecting "Explore." I
> called the manufacturer, told them this, and told them CDs worked okay.
> He said the DVD laser was out, and to send it in for a replacement. (He
> didn't ask me to do a single diagnostic check.) I didn't want to be
> without a drive for 3 weeks, so I put a lens cleaner disk in the drive,
> and now the computer recognizes the disks, and I can list the files,
> and reads data files, but I can't play movies.]
>
> Any help greaty appreciated.
>
I don't think this is a technical problem, I think it's designed that
way to prevent copies of copyrighted discs being made. The output of DVD
players includes a macrovision signal which prohibits recording.

-Bill

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